Annunciator



(No Model.)

B. P. GARSED.

ANNUNGIATOR.

No. 889,878. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

UNiTEn STATES ROBERT P. GARSED, OF NORRISNHVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANNUNCIATOR.

SFEGIPICA'IIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,378, dated September 11, 1888.

Application filed May 31, 1888. Serial No. 275,683.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', ROBERT P. GARSED, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Norristown, Montgomery county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Annunciators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish an annunciator that at once is simple, reliable, and is space-saving in its construction, as well as being easily repaired and adjusted. and having its parts to work separately or collectively.

In the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a front view of the annnnciator; Fig. 2. a side view of the same; Fig. 3, a top view of the trippinglever, and Fig. l a side view of the same; Fig. 5, a front view of the bellows and lever supporting bracket, and Fig. (3 a side view of the same. Fig. 7 is a front view of the hammer and number-plate, and Fig. 8 a side view of the same;

.Fig. 9, a view of a gong and staff, in which are shown the bellows and lever supporting bracket, also supporting the gong; and Fig. 10 is a side view of the same. Fig. 11 is a modification showing the supporting plate or frame without gongs, being itself a sounding device. In this figure the upper part of the numberplate is stationary instead of the lower, as in Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is atop view of the restoring-rod, and Fig. 13 a view of a supplemental part thereof, and Figs. l-l and 15 a top and end view of the restoring-rods together.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a supporting plate or frame, which is preferably made of metal or glass when used as a sounding-plate without additional gongs.

Bare the hinged number and hammer plates, arranged at suitable distancesin a row, and, when necessary, other rows are put beneath them on the supportingplate A.

C is a trippinglever shouldered at its under side and weighted at its bifurcated end.

D is an inflatable body-preferably a bellows-which, when connected to a pipe and pump, actuates the lever G to operate the annunciator.

E is a gong supported in a manner to the (No model.)

frame A to be struck by the hammer-plate B when said hammer-plate falls to a position shown in No. 2, Fig. 1, or the frame A is struck as shown in No. 3, Fig. 11.

F is a bellows and lover supporting bracket, and is preferably made to support the gong E when said gong is used. It has an opening in its projecting end and a pivot-bearing, F, for supporting the tripping-lever, which passes through this opening. This bracket is attached to the rear of the frame A.

A is a boss placed either on the frame A or the hammer-plate B.

B is the hammer or suspended body which strikes the gong when the device is operated, the boss A preventing a continuous bearing of the gong and the suspended body Bafter the two parts have once engaged, there being enough spring in thehannner-platc to allow of this, it being understood that were it otherwise the ringing sound desired would in a measure be lost.

G is an air-containing pipe, and in any of the well-known ways may be attached to a pump. In this instance a squeeze-pump of flexible material is used. II is such air-pump.

I are the restoring-rods with bent and pivoted ends, and I are the handles thereof.

1 are the supplemental vertical rods.

K are slots in the handles of the restoring rods, and K are flanges on the supplemental vertical rods.

It will be seen that the hammer-plate need not contain the number, but it may be placed near it.

The operation of the device is as follows: Air is forced through the pipe G, and, inflating the body D,presses upon that end ofleverO which, being pivoted to the bracket F, rises at its outer end and allows the hinged body 13, which is held upwardin an inclined position,to fall, because of the shoulder C on said lever disengaging the plate B, as will beunderstood. The number or other indicating-sign thus exposed or otherwise indicated by the plate so falling will give the room or story or other place from whence operation comes, and the sound of the gong, by the striking of the suspended body B upon it, calls as well the attention of an at tendant. \Vhen any number-plate is down, it may be restored to its first position either by hand or by the restoring-rod, which, at its intermediate parts, runs across the plate A beneath the dropping part of plate B, each row of plates having a separate rod, which rods may also be connected in turn at their bent or handled ends, as shown, by supplemental vertical rods'l, passing through slots K in the handles I, the rods I having pins or flanges K at suitable distances to press on the handles of the horizontal rods, slots K allowing movement; or adjustable collars with set-screws may be used upon these vertical rods to better get the proper points of bearing with rods I, which latter may also be weighted, if necessary, to insure their prompt return to their normal position after being operated. The ends 0" of the tripping-lever O are of such weight and are so made bifurcated to get sufficient weight without additional length that the bellows D will remain collapsed when not being inflated. This weight, which is preferable to a spring, also causes engagement with the shoulder G and the plate B,which, it will be seen, is due to gravity. The small movement of the lever G necessary to operate the device will suggest the small amount of air required to operate the bellows, and for this reason alone the annunciator is very desirable. The number or other indicating-signs may also be placed upon the gougs or beneath the body B when said body is heldupwardly by the lever O. The dotted line in Fig. 2 indicates the movement of rod I.

As a modification, the suspended body B may be a jingle-bell of suitable size, or such a bell may be attached to the end of lever 0, (where it is thought best to dispense with gong E.) Such bell will also serve as a weight.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an annunciator, the combination ofa frame or plate, A, a hinged number and hammer plate, B, having a suspended body, B, attached thereto, and a shouldered and bifurcated tripping-lever adapted to retain said plate B in place and cause its disengagement,

and the inflatable body I), adapted to actuate said lever, which lever in turn serves as a medium for collapsing said inflatable body, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In an annunciator, the combination of a frame, A, with the inflatable body D, a movable number-plate, B, the lever 0, adapted to both actuate the numberplate B and collapse the movable body D, and an alarm, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, in an annunciator, of the frame A,a hinged number and hammer plate, B, having the body B attached thereto, a tripping-lever adapted to both retain said plate B in place and cause its disengagement, and the boss A,with the gong E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4.. In an annunciator, the combination of the frame A, ahinged number and hammer plate, B,.having the body B attached thereto, a tripping-lever adapted to both retain said plate B in place and cause its disengagement, the boss A, the gong E, and the inflatable body D, so situated as to actuate the lever G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In an annunciator, the combination ofa supporting-frame and a pump-pipe and bellows and an alarm with a number-plate, a pivoted lever part of which, extending through said frame,is adapted to collapse said bellows and move said number-plate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In an annunciator, the combination of a supporting-frame with the inflatable body D, a movable number-plate, a pivoted lever passing through said frame and serving as a medium to actuate the nu mber-plate and collapse the body D, and a restoring device consisting ofalo'ngitudinal rod passing across said frame A and having pivoted ends running at angles to it, and a supplemental vertical part connected therewith, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

R. P. GABSED.

Witnesses:

THOS. J. GRIER, JAMES A. DEVELIN. 

